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Month

October

Activity

World Polio Day Promotion

Activity Type

Awareness

On April 12, 1955 the world learned that the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was “Safe, effective, and potent.” 

Thirty years later a thousand people were diagnosed every day with polio. However, it was in 1985 that Rotary International announced that it would begin a campaign to eradicate this disease globally. Today, we are so close to realizing that dream. 

October 24 is recognized globally as World Polio Day. We’d love to see a graphic of what you did for World Polio Day to educate your community about Rotary’s efforts to End Polio Now.

  • Describe to us how many people participated and / or viewed your links.
  • Did you register your event at www.EndPolio.org?
  • Provide all relevant links and related media.